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[Brina]

dinner tonight is steak and lima beans. we opened a bottle of 2001 Domaine Brusset from the Rhone Valley - from the Wine Spectator:

Refined and subtle. With its silky tannins, lovely full-bodied richness on the palate, this is a red that's well worth hunting for, giving joy with its fresh blackberry aromas and spice, toasted oak and chocolate notes. It has a harmonious finish and an opulent aftertaste

and only $14 a bottle. whoohoo


Nanci, interesting about the electrolytes. I have never heard anything like that.

Knotted, glad you are feeling better.

[Nanci]

fishdr- Karl explains the physiology in the article. The nausea article is great too.

What I think is weird is I have three identical races three years in a row and the only thing that I changed was at the last one, taking electrolytes every 30 minutes without fail because of the timer, instead of just trying to watch my watch. I didn't even find the tiny blister until days later. Other years, my toenails would be black (actually pre-black pinkish purple) as soon as I took my shoes off, with blister juice coming out from under them at both ends, with huge blisters on my big toes and under my other toes.

I think when I ride the 200k July 1st, I'm going to put that watch somewhere on my bike with the alarm set.

BF hated the salmon. I guess it was too far removed from beef or chicken. I liked it, though.

[crazycanuck]

Urugh...Pooey...Darn.. The oilers lost game 7...My friend & I were having quite a ball during the game...whilst at work!!! I couldn't listen live but i could follow the typed play by play on nhl.com. My friend however could listen & was updating me.

So to anyone in North Carolina...enjoy stanley but the Oilers will be back again to win it one day..

Anywho...
Can you ladies tell me if i stay at 25km/hr on my bike on the flats, is that slow in mph? I'm still confused on if i'm spinning or mashing.

What's the best way to learn how to draft?? I'm ok at slow speeds but not too confident beyond that...

c

[Nanci]

That's about my average speed. But that means I'm going faster on the flasts, by 1-5 mph, and a lot slower on hills or in wind.

I learned to draft by going on a long ride with a tolerant friend. It's nice to have someone who can ride really steadily and give good signals for road hazards, etc. Remember, if you touch the wheel ahead of you, you're the one who's going down.

Then just keep back at the distance you're comfortable with, and gradually get closer as you gain confidence. If the person ahead slows, just drift over to your left to slow down by drag, rather than braking and then getting too slow, and then having to really pedal to catch back up. Don't drift over to the right though, because if you overlap wheels, and the rider ahead moves closer to you, all you can do is go off the road. It only takes a couple seconds, usually, to get enough drag from the wind to slow you back down.

I have a hard time pulling in casual situations, because I have a hard time maintaining a constant steady speed. But if I'm in an actual paceline, at the front, then I am riding close to my max, so it's easier to maintain, because I'm not speeding up any more!

Another thing that took me a while to learn was to "soft pedal-" keeping the pedals turning without applying much force, if I was catching up, instead of coasting, because if you coast, then start pedaling again, you have a sort of jerk when you start up, which makes things not so smooth for the rider behind you.

(Gotta go to work...)

Nanci

[Nanci]

Yay!!! I hope it survives the hot weather. I got my gift yesterday, and it had to go into the refrigerator for emergency resuscitation :-)

[triflor]

When drafting do not underestimate what Nanci said about Road Hazards. I learned drafting with my brother who is great at pointing to hazards, and my mum who is so anal about it that she points them out when we go on runs! The point is the overly cautious about hazards are much safer for you to ride with.

I rode with my aunt the other day, behind but not drafting. She wasn't on top of the pointing to hazards thing and I hit a few pot holes too big to ignore.

Know where the wind is coming from when drafting because it will affect what side you ride to. Take a look at the team time trial photos/videos from the Tour de France. You'll pick up a lot from looking at pros carefully.

I feel like Lord Stanley isn't going to be coming home for a long time! Its been 13 years since the cup last came to Canada.

[DrBee]

Nanci - too bad about BF not liking the salmon. It sounded good. We enjoyed our pizzas. Tonight I'm making a lasagne.

I rode this morning. It seems as thought I'm a bit nervous about cars still. But - I did really good (much better) unclipping . My stomach feels lousy today, so maybe that's why I didn't feel up to snuff this morning. I think a week of being totally sedentary after the crash is going to take a bit to recover from, too.

I made cinnamon rolls from scratch last night - we're cooking them this morning. 1st time for me. It's an Alton Brown recipe. I'll let you know how they are. They look right.

[DrBee]

Oh Nanci - I tried the red and green sport beans together. You were right - it was great! It tasted like a cherry limeade to me

[crazycanuck]

Thanks Ladies for the drafting info..!!!! Much appreciated.

Triflor-did you watch the game??? I kinda miss don cherry

c

[crazycanuck]

I am a twit...I came home tonight to go for a 35km ride & decided to pump up my tires...rururghghfgfghgfjgg...I ended up deflating them...

I managed to get one inflated but the other just wouldn't budge past 80psi. I had to walk away from the pump as it was becoming quite frustrating...nope..didn't work out...Even in my best ballerina pose...Ended up waiting for ian
I feel like a heffalump.

Anywho, i've decided i'm going to go for an early bike ride tomorrow morning...I'll have to leave my house around 440am-drop my stuff off at work & go do some sprints i think. (I work at 630 for the next couple of weeks so anything to keep me awake is good!!!)

c

[Lise]

CC--I know the feeling of heffalump-ishness! Sorry to hear your tires were so recalcitrant today. Better luck tomorrow. The weather report says rain and HAIL today...not riding bike to work. Didn't get up and run. Feel just plain lumpish. Going to do some yoga stretches, then to work at the clinic, and a night shift at the hospital. If rain and hail don't bring the babies, I don't know what will! L.